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The phenomenon of luminescence has been recognized for an extensive moment in natural world, being reflected since ancient times in literature. Electromagnetic radiation produces while a chemical reaction gives a product in excited state which either donates or luminescence its energy to an another molecule. Luminol chemiluminescence (LCL) is another class consisting of qualitative and quantitative analysis of micro- or macromolecules such as DNA, RNA, proteins, and carbohydrates and ecological monitoring as biosensors for biological tracers in the pharmaceutical trade for cellular kind or in immunoassays. The potentials offered by analytical technique-based chemiluminescence have been discussed. Instrumentation simplicity, low detection limit, and an intrinsic influence of application to an enormous number of fluorophores broaden the scope of this area. This chapter includes a detailed account of chemiluminescence along with its reaction in different phases and analytical applications and as a detection technique.

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    Heena Rekhi, Ripneel Kaur & Ashok Kumar Malik

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  1. Department of Biotechnology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana, India

    Suresh Kumar Gahlawat

  2. Department of Biotechnology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana, India

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  3. Department of Biotechnology, Chaudhary Devi Lal University, Sirsa, Haryana, India

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    Suresh Kumar

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Rekhi, H., Kaur, R., Malik, A.K. (2018). Chemiluminescence. In: Gahlawat, S., Duhan, J., Salar, R., Siwach, P., Kumar, S., Kaur, P. (eds) Advances in Animal Biotechnology and its Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4702-2_22

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